Innowacje a internacjonalizacja małych i średnich przedsiębiorstw
Innovation and Internationalization Small and Medium Enterprises

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – indication of the relationship between innovation and the process of internationalization of small and medium enterprises, in the context of interactions on the one hand, the impact of innovation on the internationalization of enterprises on the one hand, and on the other the influence of foreign expansion on the innovativeness of small and medium enterprises. Design/methodology/approach – analysis of factors conducive to foreign expansion of small and medium enterprises and their combination with the groups of effects of innovation. Literary analysis in the direction of the indication of forms of internationalization and also in the discussion on the internationalization of small and medium enterprises. Findings – exposition of the mechanism of influence of innovation on the internationalization of small and medium enterprises. Presentation of an integrated model for the internationalization of innovative SMEs, taking into account the three pathways of internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (traditional, global, global), and assuming that the knowledge base of the enterprise is a source of competitive advantage, and that knowledge-based firms generally internationalize significantly. Faster than those with traditional skills. Originality/value – literature analysis allowed to indicate dependence: innovation-internationalization. This article takes into account the basic information on innovation created by companies involved in the internationalization process.

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